Chapter 7: The One

Tai's POV

All my energy and passion was back after getting bitched by Mimi, so when I returned to the field out of the tunnel I exploded.

As soon as Davis passed me the ball after the kickoff, I took off. Sora be damned, I was taking this one all the way myself.

I trapped the ball off Davis' pass, and tapped it to my right with the outside of my foot. I took a quick scan of the field and found the seam I needed.

I counted down in my mind. 3…2…1… GO!

I must have been a blur to all the spectators, but to me everything was moving in slow motion.

The first defender I met just couldn't keep up with me. The next one actually fell down on my stepover. I couldn't help, but have wide grin on my face after that. The last defender before the keeper was stupid enough to try and win the ball. I just spun out of his way, and then it was just the keeper and I.

He tried watching which way I was going to shoot. I looked to the left side of the goal, and ripped the shot into the upper 90 of the right side. He looked like a fool, diving to the left, but damn it felt good.

I took a look up at the scoreboard, and saw that it was now tied 2-2, and perhaps the most impressive part of the whole thing was that it took me just 17 seconds after the half to score.

"ATTA BOY TAI!" Davis shouted to me, while Ken ran up to me and gave me a high five.

As a team, we could do no wrong after that goal. The defense shut down Takuya, and in the 57th minute, I scored again making it 3-2.

There were 2 of the 3 goals I promised Mimi last night. Perhaps even more satisfying was the absolutely livid look on Takuya's face.

Unfortunately, his team's frustration resulted in some incredibly physical play and in the 72nd; Ken was knocked out of the game.

Ken was a huge loss because he played center-mid, which was arguably the most important position on the team.

"Kamiya move to center-mid!" I heard my coach shout at me from the bench.

I nodded my head, and proceeded to play my old position. Unfortunately, the rest of the team became deflated with Ken out, and then Takuya slipped past our defense and chipped in a shot.

It was now tied 3-3, and I looked up at the time left. There were about 5 minutes left before stoppage time.

My coach then motioned to me to guard Takuya. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I felt that it was poetic justice that we were going to guard each other in the last few minutes of the culmination of life-long rivalry.

But I actually didn't even pay it that much attention. My only focus was on one thing. Winning this game.

It was evident that no player on either team had much left in the tank. After dinking around with possession for a little bit, we lost the ball to Takuya. I took a look at the clock and there was around 30 seconds before stoppage time.

I absolutely refused to let this game end in regulation. Takuya simply held the ball until the ref flashed that there was only to be 1 minute of stoppage time. His whole team including their keeper moved forward on to our side of the half.

I simply decided that no matter what I wasn't going to let Takuya get off a good shot. I was going to play to contain him, in the hopes that he'd pass. Every move he tried I simply kept in between him and the goal.

Finally with about 15 seconds left he decided to take his shot from just inside the half, and I was able to graze it with my toe. It was an incredible shot, and one that would have gone in had I not gotten the slightest of piece of it.

Luckily, I got just enough of it, so that my keeper could get a hold of it.

On instinct alone, I took off, and my keeper had enough sense to throw me it rather than just sit on it and wait for OT. I had to slow down a bit to trap the ball, which gave Takuya enough time to catch up to me and get in between the goal and me.

I had probably two touches from there before I had to fire a shot. They were the two longest touches of my life. With the way Takuya was guarding me I could only shoot at the left side of the goal.

As I looked towards the goal, my eyes moved over the stands, where my family and friends were watching. And it was there I saw none other than Sora Takenouchi watching intently with wide eyes as to what I was about to do.

But rather than fix my eyes on her, my eyes moved over to the person next to her. Mimi Tachikawa. The rest was as if my body was moving without me realizing it. My foot struck the ball and with a second before the game ended hit the back of the net in the upper 90's of the left side!

I didn't see that my shot went in though, because my eyes did not move from Mimi Tachikawa. I just knew from the reaction of my number one fan.

I just saw her screaming with joy, and it was the last thing I saw before my whole team who tackled and mobbed me overwhelmed me.

The rest was just a blur. As the captain, I was handed the trophy and I noticed that there was confetti falling everywhere. I then noticed the rest of the Digidestined and my family were on the field.

They were keeping some distance from my celebrating teammates. Smiling wide, I walked towards them with the trophy in hand.

Sora came to the front excitedly.

"Oh my god Tai! That shot was amazing! I've never seen you play a better half of soccer ever in my life!" I heard her say, but I just walked right past her to Mimi who was standing next to Kari.

She was holding Koromon, but dropped the poor guy because I just walked up and kissed her.

And she kissed back.

I'm sorry for the wait! I hope it was well worth it though! More than anything I just needed to play a soccer game that was able to give me the blueprint of how I wanted to finish this game! I have to ask you all though, do I end it here? Or do you guys want one more chapter? Tell me in the reviews please! Because depending on what you say, I will or will not add another chapter! Also, I swear that I will update a helluva lot faster!

However, if this is the end then I must say a few things. This would be the first multi-chapter fic I've completed. So I really need to thank all my readers, but more so my reviewers, especially the really loyal ones! You guys are the best! Also, FireFairy219 I love you sis! I want everyone to know that she really helped me write this fic in the beginning, as with almost all my Digimon fics! Her advice was instrumental! And she really is a fantastic mentor to me and also a fantastic person! Thank you! And let me know if I should add one more chapter! Oh and as always REVIEW!